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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBritain’s Completely Batshit Week Since Brexit, Explained For Americans (Luke Bailey, Buzzfeed)
Hi America! While youre all eagerly awaiting a divisive, bitter national vote in November, we just had one! As you might have heard, just over a week ago Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union in a referendum...
Also, pretty much immediately the people who had campaigned for Britain to leave the EU started admitting that the promises theyd made in the campaign werent actually promises....
So, to recap again: the economy is on fire, the prime ministers resigning, nobody bothered to make a plan for how to leave the EU, everybody wants someone else to take charge, and the UK might split up entirely...
To recap: one old university friend pushed the country to a constitutional and economic crisis to gain power from another old university friend, but got stabbed in the back by a third old university friend, at which point he decided not to bother after all.
(Much more at link - all rather hilarious if it wasn't actually happening!!!!)
https://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/the-crisis-explained-maybe?utm_term=.ot5m8gnNB#.okaMn1jWY